ClockTear vs SL Tape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ClockTear
This audio processor simulates digital signal degradation through various clock failure modes. It offers granular control over timing instability, dropouts, and signal fracturing for unique sound design.
- Clock-based sample hold and timing damage
- Four clock failure modes: Slip, Stutter, Tear, Collapse
- Drift and jitter-driven clock wobble
- Dropouts, stutters, folding, and digital interruption
- Adjustable tone shaping and saturation
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Clock Tear is a digital instability processor built around failing clock behavior. Instead of simple bit crushing, Clock Tear holds, slips, stutters, folds, drops, and damages the signal based on input activity, drift, jitter, and the selected clock mode. Four modes move from subtle timing instability to heavier fractured playback and collapse-style digital failure. Features • Clock-based sample hold and timing damage • Four clock failure modes: Slip, Stutter, Tear, and Collapse • Drift and jitter-driven clock wobble • Dropouts, stutters, folding, and digital interruption Modes Slip – Sample-hold clock slipping with the shortest failure range. Stutter – Adds repeating stutter behavior to the clock damage. Tear – Adds stronger clock tearing with drive and foldback-style damage. Collapse – Combines the widest clock failure range with stronger stutter, folding, and drop behavior. Controls Tear – Sets the main clock damage and drive intensity. Mode – Selects Slip, Stutter, Tear, or Collapse behavior. Tone – Shapes the artifacts from darker to brighter. Drift – Adds slow clock movement and stereo wobble. Jitter – Adds faster random clock instability. Drop – Introduces intermittent dropouts and level collapses. Glue – Adds saturation and makeup cohesion after the damage. Mix – Blends dry and processed signal.
SL Tape
This audio effect plugin adds vintage cassette tape warmth, saturation, and subtle pitch variations to your music. Customize the sound with six intuitive controls and save your favorite settings. Its redesigned interface features animated reels and responsive lighting for an immersive creative experience.
- Tape saturation
- Tape hiss simulation
- Pitch modulation (Wow & Flutter)
- Tape wear control
- Mix blend for original/processed audio
- Factory presets and custom saving
- Animated cassette interface
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SL Tape 2.0 is an AUv3 cassette-style audio effect for music-making apps. Add saturation, tape hiss, pitch movement and wear to drums, vocals, samples and mixes. Six controls: - Drive: tape saturation - Noise: tape hiss - Wow: slow pitch movement - Flutter: faster pitch movement - Age: tape wear - Mix: blend original and processed audio Choose from 10 factory presets or save your own settings. Preset changes move the controls smoothly. The redesigned cassette interface includes animated reels, a layered mechanism and audio-responsive lighting. Use SL Tape as an AUv3 effect in a compatible host on iPhone or iPad. The standalone app does not automatically monitor the built-in microphone through the speaker.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ClockTear at 5.0 against SL Tape's 2.0. ClockTear also leads on price ($2.99 vs $6.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
ClockTear costs $2.99 and SL Tape $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ClockTear holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | ClockTear | SL Tape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremy Phillips | VIACHESLAV ZHILTSOV |
Customer experience
ClockTear
SL Tape
In-app purchases
ClockTear
No in-app purchases
SL Tape
No in-app purchases









